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Why aren't you on PA?

My 10 yr old has friends over and I ordered a couple pizzas from Papa Johns and one of his friends said "why don't you order from Papa Murphy's? They take EBT cards now". I had to explain to him that not only do we make too much money to have an EBT cards, I actually work for the agency that hands out the EBT cards. So he says, "so you make more than a thousand dollars. You must be rich." No, not rich. Just able to pay my bills and able to buy pizza once in a while. I feel so bad for this kid.

I remember the first time I went sleep at my best friends house in high school. We went to the store and her mom paid with a check. I asked her why she didn't pay with food stamps and she gave me a strange look and explained that food stamps were income based and they weren't in a situation where they needed them. I was super embarrassed.

grandparents. His parents are divorced. His unemployed dad has full custody (mom abandoned) so they live with his grandparents.

Quoting The.Hug.Life:

Poor kid. He already knows the state of his parent's finances. :(

by Anonymous 4
on Feb. 16, 2013 at 8:02 PM

Ya that sucks I was also once that kid that my mom would give ne food stamp cash every day so after school I can go get drinks and sandwiches at the 7eleven while my friends would waite for me outside bcus they were embarrassed :(

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